Registering Devices; Assignment Inheritance For Folders And Groups; Registration Keys; Section 3.2, "Registering Devices - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - ADMINISTRATION QUICK START 10.3 Quick Start Manual

3.1.3 Assignment Inheritance for Folders and Groups

When you assign a content to a folder, all objects (users, devices, subfolders) except groups that are
located in the folder inherit the assignment. For example, if you assign a BundleA to DeviceFolder1,
all devices within the folder (including all devices in subfolders) inherit the BundleA assignment.
However, none of the device groups located in DeviceFolder1 inherit the assignment. Essentially,
folder assignments do not flow down to groups located within the folder.

3.2 Registering Devices

When you deploy the ZENworks Adaptive Agent to a device, the device is registered in your
Management Zone and becomes a managed device. As part of the registration, you can specify the
device's ZENworks name and the folder and groups to which you want the device added.
By default, a device's hostname is used as its ZENworks name, it is added to the
folder, and it is not given membership in any groups. You can manually move
Workstations
devices to other folders and add them to groups, but this can be a burdensome task if you have a
large number of devices or if you are consistently adding new devices. The best way to manage a
large number of devices is to have them automatically added to the correct folders and groups during
registration.
To add devices to folders and groups during registration, you can use registration keys, registration
rules, or both. Both registration keys and registration rules let you assign folder and group
memberships to a device. However, there are differences between keys and rules that you should be
aware of before choosing whether you want to use one or both methods for registration.
Section 3.2.1, "Registration Keys," on page 27
Section 3.2.2, "Registration Rules," on page 29
Section 3.2.3, "Device Naming Template," on page 30
Section 3.2.4, "Where to Find More Information," on page 32

3.2.1 Registration Keys

A registration key is an alphanumeric string that you manually define or randomly generate. During
deployment of the ZENworks Adaptive Agent on a device, the registration key must be provided.
When the device connects to a ZENworks Server for the first time, the device is added to the folder
and groups defined within the key.
You can create one or more registration keys to ensure that devices are placed in the desired folders
and groups. For example, you might want to ensure that all of the Sales department's workstations
are added to the
/Workstations/Sales
(SalesTeam1, SalesTeam2, SalesTeam3) depending on their team assignments. You could create
three different registration keys and configure each one to add the Sales workstations to the
folder and the appropriate team group. As long as each workstation uses the
Workstations/Sales
correct registration key, it is added to the appropriate folder and group.
To create a registration key:
1 In ZENworks Control Center, click the Configuration tab, then click the Registration tab.
folder but are divided into three different groups
or
/Servers /
/
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